Olivia Grégoire Minister Delegate in charge of Business, Tourism and Consumption was the guest of franceinfo on Tuesday May 7.
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“France maintains its first place in the world in terms of tourist destination”, welcomes Tuesday May 7 on franceinfo Olivia Grégoire Minister Delegate in charge of Business, Tourism and Consumption. A million and a half foreign tourists are expected in France this summer, like a normal summer.
The minister greets “two records” Who “were broken this year, an attendance record, 100 million international arrivals in 2023, France has never had so many international arrivals” And “more than 63 billion euros in tourism revenue in 2023”. It is for her, “an unprecedented record never equaled. Tourism represents 7% of total employment in France, up to 15% in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, 7.5% of GDP.” All of this, “we owe it to tourism stakeholders, to SMEs. We are beyond 2019 figures in terms of attendance and international revenue. It’s a performance.”
“The outlook is rather positive”
However, hotel professionals are concerned about declining attendance for the Olympic Games. “No, the Olympics did not scare away tourists”, replies Olivia Grégoire. While the Olympic flame arrives in France on Wednesday in Marseille, regarding the economic fallout, “We have a 40% increase in hotel reservations for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, so the outlook is rather positive”.
Regarding recruitment, “the professions in tension will also be the catering and hotel professions from the month of July to allow the actors to recruit and have clerks, dishwashers” and we “make young people want to join this job”says Olivia Grégoire.